Kentucky State Police (KSP) Post 15 Troopers responded to a two-vehicle injury collision at the intersection of US 127 and KY 558 in Clinton County on May 1, 2025, at 4:10 P.M. CST.
The preliminary investigation revealed that Kayelyn Garrett, 21, of Livingston, TN, was traveling west on KY 558 in a 2005 Chevrolet Tahoe and approached the intersection with US 127. Ms. Garrett entered the intersection into the path of a 1999 Dodge Dakota traveling north on US 127, operated by Derek Guffey, 18, of Albany, and both vehicles collided.
Kayelyn Garrett was transported to the Medical Center at Albany, where she succumbed to her injuries and was pronounced deceased by the Clinton County Coroner. Derek Guffey, along with a juvenile passenger in Ms. Garrett’s vehicle, were transported to the University of Kentucky Hospital with serious injuries. Two additional passengers in Ms. Garrett’s vehicle, Sierra Fulton, 23, of Monticello, and a juvenile, were transported to the Medical Center at Albany for treatment of minor injuries.